Indiana mother accused of bringing loaded gun to school

ANDERSON, Ind. – An Indiana mother who took a loaded handgun to a meeting about her 8-year-old son at a school was arrested Wednesday morning.

Bonnie Trahan, 27, was arrested outside St. Mary’s School, Anderson, about 9 a.m. She faces a preliminary charge of possession of a firearm on school property, a class D felony.

Anderson police said Trahan took a Glock 40 to a meeting with the principal and assistant principal of the school. Trahan felt her son was not safe at the school, police said, and to prove her point, she took her gun to the meeting.

While speaking to school administrators, Trahan referenced that she was carrying a gun before pointing to her back pocket and stating how easy it was to bring a gun to school, police said. Trahan then pulled out the holstered weapon and threw it down on the table in front of everyone at the meeting, which included her her 8-year-old son and her brother.

Police said Trahan then picked up her gun, placed it back into her pants, walked down the school hallway and out the front doors. School officials quickly placed the school on lockdown and notified police.

Trahan was confronted by officers in the school parking lot and was arrested, but had already returned home and secured her gun, police said.

After speaking with investigators, she took the police to her home and showed them where she kept her gun. Police said the weapon was confiscated, and Trahan was transported to the Madison County Detention Center.

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